There have been plenty of eye-popping news stories about people using metal detectors to uncover precious artifacts—ancient coins, precious jewelry, gold nuggets, maybe even a piece of Charles I’s ...

What do you do if you're the kind of person who can't get through airport security without setting off the metal detector? Resort to tricks, of course. That's the strategy pursued by Paul Gertner, a ...

Detectorists and archaeologists sometimes clash, but the recent find of two Roman swords was the thrilling result of collaboration The discovery of two swords at a dig in Gloucestershire has fuelled ...